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Y spanpnaonancmnsinl gira ean gions teint mene rtm nin a tna ate oO ‘Says Life In Danger Mrs. Madalyn Murray has reason. to fear for her life if she is returned to Maryland signed yesterday by Gov- ernor Burns, her attorney said last night. Hyman M. Greenstein, rep- resenting the militant atheist in her civil and criminal battles, was called in Ralti- more by The Advertiser af- ter Burns ordered the extra- dition of Mrs. Murray and her 18-year-old son, William, I, was understood that the extradition papers will not ! be forwarded to Police Chief Dan Liu until Green- | stein returns So Mrs. Mur- ‘yay can be represented by the counsel of her choice | throtgh all proceedings. GREENSTEIN told The 4 Advertiser he will fight the * extradition. | He said he had asked Burns for a hearing before the papers were signed, but | 4 \ | this had not been granted. | Greenstein said that after “| {alking to residents of Bali- | more, he agrees with Mrs. | i Murray that her life is in I} danger if she returns. 't She is being persecuted +) for her non-belief,” he said. _[ “She is a very hated person -, here. “SHE FEARS for her life it she is sent back here. (to Baltimore), and from what Pye seen of the community I think , there's real sub: stance to her fears. And fi feel she couldn't get a fair | See ATHEIST on Az eo ~ _ Attorney | under extradition papers — Col. a ery oe eens . Continued from Paget trial envwhere in. the State of Maryland.” Greenstein sald he would return to Honolulu tonight or tomorrow to prepare a fight | against the extradition. “We think we will be able to show evidence this is not just s routine action,” he said. “This is a form of re- ligious persecution.” |} Maryland secks Mrs. Mur- ray’s return on aight charges of assaulting policemen who went to her Baltimore home last. June {o serve a court order on her daughter-in- law Susan, William Mur- rays wife. e * MRS. MURRAY brought the suit that led the U.S. Supreme Court to ban pray- ers in schools. Her latest battle is to deprive Mary- land churches of tax exemp- tions, and Greenstein is handling that case for her. It has been estimated that churehes and business they operate would Jose billions of dollars throughout. the country if Mrs. Murray's suit is upheld by the Su- preme Court. Mrs. Murray and mem- j bers of her family fled to 1 | Hawaii in late June. They | [live ina rented home in the ; Punchbow! area, - oJ enamine an anger en ene